Fascinating idea. All is not well, I subtracted one question from the list that reflected a political correctness view of the holiday, and it should be no problem to think of many other questions to ask, but the idea has great promise. How could this concept be developed for RC purposes? Billy ---------------------------------- Repton.org.uk THE HAMPSHIRE PHILOSOPHY AND CHRISTMAS QUIZ December 10, 2015 The Hampshire Philosophy Society met on Monday 7th December 2015 for a festive philosophy quiz! Careful planning by the Hampshire Committee in their meeting on the Tuesday beforehand meant that the excitement had been building. Walking into Tithe Barn lit a smile on everyone’s faces: the sight of Christmas jumpers, sounds of festive music and the feeling of seasonal good-cheer was infectious. The event looked promising right from the very start…
A crossword was given to each of the teams, to be completed throughout the entirety of the rounds and handed in at the end. Questions ranged from what Mr. Clark studied at University and who Miss Carter’s most detested philosopher is, to what was discussed at the previous Hampshire Society gathering, the Moral Limits of Markets. Teams were working hard right from the very start, trying to get ahead with the crosswords as well as propose the most amusing team name. The first set of questions was a general religious knowledge round. We tackled such trivia as “What is the meaning of ‘Amen’?” and “What is the Decalogue?” It was a tricky start, but with mixed-year teams, individuals from all year groups were given a chance to shine with point-scoring contributions. The second round was a picture round called ‘Guess the Philosopher’. The famous philosophers had a Christmas twist, all of them wearing either reindeer antlers, Santa hats or even red noses! This round was challenging but great fun! The third round was the Christmas Round which was perhaps a little more fitting to the occasion! Examples of questions included 'In which gospel did the annunciation of the shepherds occur?'... Finally, the fourth round was the Christmas Music round – quite possibly the most eagerly anticipated of them all (not to mention the most competitive!). This round was tackled especially equally by all the years, everyone showing enthusiasm for the much loved Christmas anthems. Little snippets of the well-known songs were played briefly, not giving away too much, before each team had to guess the song title – most finding it particularly hard to refrain from shouting the answer! The Hampshire Society Christmas Quiz was an exciting, ever seasonal event, won by “Jumping Elves Sat Upon Santa” who were all rewarded with chocolate coins but more importantly perhaps, a Hampshire Society pen! Everyone left having had a good time, returning back to house singing catchy Christmas songs with minds full of new knowledge. All in all it was a true success. We look forward to the return of Hampshire in January! -- -- Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community <[email protected]> Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
